There were no winners in Tuesday’s hotly anticipated Mega Millions drawing, which means the already record $667 million jackpot will climb to an estimated $868 million.

The winning numbers, as announced by the California Lottery, were 3-45-49-61-69-Mega-9.

The chances of hitting Tuesday’s jackpot after purchasing one of the $2 tickets and picking the right six numbers were 1 in 302.5 million, California Lottery spokesman Greg Parashak said.

Astronomical, in other words. But not impossible.

In July, a group of co-workers at Wells Fargo Bank in the Bay Area shared a $543 million prize. They bought the ticket at Ernie’s Liquors in east San Jose.

At lunchtime Tuesday, the entrance bell over the door of that store at Quimby and White roads dinged repeatedly as hopeful players from as far away as Ceres and San Francisco tried their luck there.

By 2 pm, the store had sold $5,000 worth of Mega Millions tickets, five times as many as the usual $1,000 a day, said Manager Kewal Sachdev.

To pick up about $300 worth of tickets for herself and her friends, nurse Lasonia Mansfield drove down from San Francisco.

“This is a lucky store,” said Mansfield, who runs a family daycare center in the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood of the city.

If she wins, Mansfield said she will give her church in Daly City 10 percent of the prize, then lavish much of the rest on her family and “those less fortunate.” But since she’s never traveled anywhere outside Northern California, she’d also spend some on a trip to Europe, India and the Holy Land.

Retired VTA driver Randy Lacang, 70, hasn’t bought a Lottery ticket for three years. Asked why he drove over from downtown San Jose, he had a simple answer: “Greed.”

First stop if he snags the prize: Dubai.

Ceres resident Norma Trejo bought tickets at four shops, including Ernie’s. She came with her live-in boyfriend, Rudy Barron, whom she first dated when she was in 9th grade before they lost touch. In a stroke of luck, he found her on Facebook 50 years later, and they’re getting married in September. That’s the kind of good fortune she said she hoped would net her the big prize Tuesday night.

“I just want to live in a house again,” the mobile home park resident said, explaining what she would do with the money after sharing it with her family. “Not an elaborate house. I don’t want it to change the way we are.”

Mega Millions is played in 44 states, Washington D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The drawing took place in Georgia.

While there were no jackpot winners Tuesday, a “5 or 6 winner” worth about $2 million before taxes was sold in San Francisco, according to the California Lottery.

It’s also a potentially big week for another game — Powerball. The jackpot for Wednesday night’s drawing has rolled to an estimated $345 million. The estimated cash value is $199 million.

“It’s always a thrill to have both jackpots rolling, but there’s an extra spark now with Mega Millions reaching a new record,” said Gordon Medenica, Mega Millions Lead Director and Maryland Lottery and Gaming Director. “Everyone is talking about the jackpot and running out to buy tickets for tonight’s drawing.”